The marine biologists of the Schmidt Ocean Institute are a busy bunch. Over the last few years, scientists aboard the ...

A deep‑sea mission off Argentina captured a rare phantom jellyfish and revealed the largest‑known Bathelia candida reef and ...

A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 meters in search of new species, ...

A new study led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), along with international partners, finds that ...

The ocean is home to some of the creepiest animals out there. It feels like the deeper you go in the water, the stranger and ...

The yeti crab is a strange species because of its furry appearance. Read here to learn about why these crabs are furry!

A recent deep-sea expedition along the country's entire length documented the jellyfish, along with a surprising number of other species ...

A deep-sea mining test shows ecosystem damage can begin immediately, with more than one-third of seafloor animals lost in a single pass.

While the Trump administration frames deep-sea mining as a ‘core national security and economic interest,’ dozens of ...

Sea otters use a special underarm pouch to store food and even their favorite rocks for smashing open hard shells.

An international study aimed at measuring the impact of mining critical metals from the seabed has found 788 species, many of them previously unknown, living at a depth of 4,000 metres in what the ...

Giant phantom jellyfish spotted in Argentina's deep sea A rare phantom jellyfish has been spotted by scientists aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute's vessel exploring the deep sea near Argentina. READ MORE ...